On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, rarab wrote:
> Dear RedHat list:
> I down loaded a Netscape rpm from the internet
> using Windows and copied it to a home directory on Linux partition.In the
> home directory I typed "rpm -i netsca~1.rpm" I got in response
> "error : cannot open file netsca~1.rpm"
The "~" character may be messing it up, though I doubt it. Probably you
just typoe'd, unless:
> I then tried to uninstall it with "rpm -e netsca~1.rpm" and got in response
> "failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm"
AH! You're running rpm as a user, not as 'root'! Do a 'su' to get to a
root pound sign and then all should be okay.
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Systems Specialist Educational Administration Solutions
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